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Kompetenzerweiterung für die Internationalisierung in der Tourismuswirtschaft
Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2015 PROJECT  FINISHED 

Mobility and internationalisation on all levels are essential in the worldwide growing tourism and hospitality industry. The Tourism Schools Salzburg, the largest provider of professional tourism and hospitality education in Austria, are especially interested in furthering this internationalization by providing training and education programmes based on international standards. The participation in the Erasmus+ Project is another important component in furthering this internationalization of the education. The aim of the project is the improvement and manifestation of already trained skills and competences in the areas of cooking, service, bar, and front office. In addition, particular skills and professional requirements of the different businesses as well as the terminology in the different languages of the countries will be trained and acquired. A cultural exchange between the host country and the students will entail. Furthermore, working in a different country and even a different language will further help students to grow personally and to increase their self-confidence. Additionally, students will be confronted with EU-relevant topics and thus gain more interest in the political agendas of the EU. 35 students with several years of training in the kitchen, restaurant, bar, and front office from all schools of the Tourism Schools Salzburg will participate in this mobility project and go abroad for the practical training in summer 2014. The students will work in the different departments of hotels and restaurants where they will be able to demonstrate their acquired skills and knowledge. The project will be supported by the project coordinator, an employee of the Career Center of the Tourism Schools Salzburg. The coordination of the project and the communication with all participants – be it the students or the receiving project partners – are essential elements of the project. In order to assess the development and success of the project, the project coordinator will interview all participants before, during and after the internship. From these interviews valuable results can be expected which again will be discussed internally with students, teachers and the different bodies of the Tourism Schools Salzburg. This may have effects on the curriculum and on projects of the different programmes and schools However, the goal of the project is not only to send 35 students to European countries but to also establish long-term partnerships with the involved businesses. Such partnerships will have benefits for all participants; the Tourism Schools Salzburg will have reliable partners, the business partners will have the assurance that young people with the necessary know-how will join their teams and students will have additional competitive advantages when joining the workforce in the future due to their experience in other countries All project results will be published in media, at the schools and will be presented during important school events such as Open House Day or also in the meetings of internal bodies and groups. The goal of this presentations is also to interest even more young people to go abroad.
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